The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-02-17
NEWS FROM CONGRESS.
sen ATE.

N1W y I hCM OONUhION.
House bills on the calendar were passed.
among them the following:
To amend the act OF Feb 26, 1885. to prohibit
the impora. ion and Immigration of foreigners
and aliens under contract to perform labor; tc
amend seltion = of the act OF June TO- 1850. IL
relation To immediate transportation Of dutiable
goods.
Mr. Hawley moved to proceed to the cons1d-
Grafton of the bill to encourage the manu-
fGcture of steel for modern army ordnance
armor and other army purposes, and to pro
vide heavy ordnance adapted to modern
army warfare. He said:
He had given notice several days ago that he
wou d make his motion. He was pushed f,r-
ward to il by the committee on coast defenses
the committee on military affairs. and the gen
eral sentiment Of the senate. he believed and OF
the country, he knew.
The motion was agreed to-yeas 80, nays
21-and the bill was taken up. Several
amendments reported by the committee on
coast defenses were agreed to, and after an
explanation on some points OF the bill, 1t
was passed without division.
HOUSE.
Under the call of states large number of
bills were introduced and referred. Mr.
Springer moved To suspend the rules and
pass the senate bill with an amendment In
the nature of a substitute supplemental to
the Bowman act. referring private claims to
the court OF c aims. He explained:
The bill merely provided that all private
claim III Is or petitions for the payment OF
private claims presented to congress shall be
referred to the court of claims tor a judicial
entertainment of the facts and for report or
those facts to consIe 5.
The motion was lost-76 to T5-not the
nee essary two-Ihirtls in the affirmative Mr.
Bayne moved to susread the rules aud pass
the senate bill fixing the salaries of the
| judges OF the United States district courts at
! So, 900. Lost-yeas l44. nays 109-not the
| necessary two-thirds On motion of Mr. Pc
| tiers, the rules were SUSPENDED. and the bill
was passed granting the right of way through
| the Indian Territory to the Chicago, Kansas
! 4 Nebraska Railway company.
The speaker laid before the house a
| message from the president returning with
| out his approval, n bill granting pension
| to Cuth bert Stone. In his message the
| president states
The army records show that the claimant
! spent most Of his term of enlistment in deser-
| ton imprisonment for desertion. Thus is
exhibited the long and faithful service and high
! character OF the claimant, mentioned by the
| committee as emitting him TO consideration.
withho d my assent from The bill because, if the
, facts before Inc are true, tie allowance OF tins
claim would be travesty Oh onr Whole scheme of
pensions and an Insult TO every dec 1t veteran
soldier
! The pres dent also sent in messages veto
ing bills granting pensions TO Franklin
Sweet, Jesse Campbell, L. X. Bennett, Cath
! crime Sarler ard james r. Baylor. on the
ground principally, that their claims are
| still pending in the pension bureau.
SENATE.
! DoIpb. from the committee On commerce. re-
ported a bill to creates port of entrance at
Port Angeles, in the district of Puget Sound,
Washington Territory. Mr.. MorriD intro
Guced Joint resolution for the preservation
OF official documents and other historical
documents on file in the legations and con-
sulates OF the United States requlring the
papers on any subjects that have been
finally determined to be sent to the state
department for filing and preservatIonl he
asked that it lie on the table. The following
house bills on the calendar passed.
| To prevent auv officer. agent or servant of the
| government contracting or hiring out the labor
Of prisoners; tG amend the statutes in relation
to the immediate Transportation OF autlapi
goods.
The senate bill for securing statistics OF
! the extent and value OF the vessel fisheries
OF the United States was passed The house
bill relating to the importing and landing CT
mackerel during the spawning senson was
taken up During the discussion Mr. Ed
an: eds presented report from the commls-
Gon OF isaeries as to the complaints from
MI
Canadian coast On s4GtiGn OF MI Hoar an
amendment was adopted pssEponing the Pc
Rod when the bill is to take effect from
March l, 1887, to March l. 1888 Without
d.sposing OF the bill the senate adjourned.
PROGRESS IN THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Cox (N. I, from the committee on
civil service REFORM reported a bill fixing the
salaries OF the civil service COIN i!ssloners at
IS 900 per annum. senate bill was paSseq
TO hp n
San Francisco in trust for the United States
Mr. James from The committee on coinage,
weights and Iaeasures, reported Pill Tor the
issue of subsidiary silver ssin Inc Dill re-
latlne 10 the CONDENSATION of gnitcd States
ATTORNEYS marslals and commissioners was
discussed without action. 1T abolishes the
fee system and substitutes tbs salary system
of compensation The house went into
committee OF the Whole on the senate Dill 20
indemnify certain subjects OF the Chinese
smplre for loss sustained bv the violence OF
mob pt Rock Springs, Wyo. on Sept 2,
1885. Mr.. Belmont dwelt uron the neces-
sity of the United States government grant.
ing indemnity to the !t,sxes inflicted, and
commended the action OF the Chinese au
thor,tias since this occurrence. Mr. MORROW
inquired ~asther it was the purpose Of the
committee. in case this bill was passed, to
call up to-day the bill restricting Chinese
immigration. Mr.. Belmont scGlied in the
Negative.
/ The Chinese government did not desire to en-
baa rass the relations between the two nations by
continuance OF immigration. and there was 9
disposition to modify the treaty SO IS to brine
about results very much more effective thar
: could be secured by legislation. with thls as.
surance the COMMITTEES did not intend to brine
up the matter to-day.
The respective merits of the seaate bill
| which provides for the ascertainment OF tht
losses incurred, and the house bill which
makes direct appropriation Of Sl47. ~
were discussed. The house bill was substi
tuted for the senate bill-1O1 10 6S-anc
paassd The senate bill prohibiting the i'm
pOftatlsa III opium into the United States by
any subject Of tie emperor OF China passed
The bill to carry into e4eet the international
convention Of March 4. 1884, sof TIE protec
ton of sub marine cables passed M Nc
Creary called up the bill authorizing tHe
president to arrange for conference for the
puf<aase OF promoting arbitration ana en-
couraging reciprocal relations between the
United States and Meyico, Central and South
America and Brazil without action, the
house took recess till 7:30, tfs evening
session to be for the delivery Of euleg.ss
When the bopss feassembled resolution!
were adopted on the death of Messrs Arnott
, Beach and DoWdney, all Of New York, ane
eulOgies spoken
The session of the senate was devoted
. tn the delivery of memorial addresses or
, tie late senator Logan. The eulogists were
Senators Colon, NJ organ Edmunds, Man
: duson, Allison, skqoner. Frye and Sabin
H0esk
The house received from tn.
senate the senate bill to encourage
rho manufacture OF steel for modern nava
ordnance and other naval purposes
and to provide heavy ordnance adapt
I'd to modern nayl warfare. Mr.
, Reed asked immediate considerations q
the bill, b1t NJ, Holman objected. Alter
long discussion the blu was rsferred to th
committee on appropriations. The speake
laid before the house the senate bill provtd
ing for the manufacture OF ordinance To-
army purposes, and making appropria
tions for eoast defenses. This was likewis
referred to the cepmittee on appropria
tions. Enlogies were lrontpunctd upon tn
late Representative Price 81 MiscQpsin.